Studies with UCSD professor, Kamau Kenyatta, jazz theory and performance, San Diego, California
Winner of the Santa Fe Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition for String Quartet, awarded by American Composer in Residence, John Harbison
Full scholorship awarded for jazz composition study at
The
Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Professors included
Lee Konitz, Sam Rivers, Dave Holland, Karl Berger, and
Jimmy Giuffre
Jazz theory and stride piano studies with Jack Percival, pianist and arranger for the Harry James Orchestra, Olympia, Washington
Classical piano studies with Suzanne Szekeley from
Vienna, Austria, Cornish School of Arts, Seattle, Washington
Theory and composition with Robert Gottleib, a student of German compser and theorist, Paul Hindemuth,
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Country music studies with Tom Foote,
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Flute and music theory, Miami Dade Junior College,
Kendall, Florida
Classical piano studies with Alvina Sineps from Lithuania,
Soviet Union, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Piano lessons began at age 4 with Elinor LeMert,
St. Louis, Missouri